Re: [APML] Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III

["Rodney @ Ryder Homestead" <ryderhome@bigpond.com>]

Thanks Peter,

Rodney W.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Carson" <peter@thecarsons.demon.co.uk>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III


> Rodney,
> I use the Minolta scanner software. Minolta provide two versions of the
> software, a quick and easy version and a more comprehensive version that I
> find does all I want. I have not had experience of any other scanner
> software products. The Minolta software has various selectable functions
> ,the most important of which, for astrophotography, are exposure control
and
> histograms for checking that all the slide info has been captured before
> making a final scan. The 16bit scan is about 60 mb large for a 35 mm
slide.
> I do a maximum resolution correctly exposed scan and do all the colour and
> contrast adjustments in Photoshop which can make use of the 16 bit file.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter C
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodney @ Ryder Homestead" <ryderhome@bigpond.com>
> To: "Peter Carson" <peter@thecarsons.demon.co.uk>; "Discussion of Film
> Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III
>
>
> > Thanks Peter, do you use the software that came with the scanner or
> another
> > product?
> >
> > Rodney W.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Carson" <peter@thecarsons.demon.co.uk>
> > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [APML] Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III
> >
> >
> > > Rodney,
> > > I use the DiMage scan Dual III and find it generally very good for the
> > > money. It is at the budget end of scanners available, but I consider
it
> > > performs like a much more expensive scanner. See the deep space page
of
> my
> > > web site at http://www.thecarsons.demon.co.uk/ all the images have
been
> > > scanned from 35 mm transparencies with the Dual III. The only
difficulty
> I
> > > do have with it is to achieve good focus. The auto and manual focus
> > routines
> > > sometimes do not produce sharp focus and require several attempts to
get
> > the
> > > best focus.
> > > Anyway I'm happy with it !!
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Peter Carson
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ---
> > > From: "Rodney @ Ryder Homestead" <ryderhome@bigpond.com>
> > > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:58 AM
> > > Subject: [APML] Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am considering the purchase of a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III
> > Film/Slide
> > > > Scanner for scanning in astro photo film negatives and slides. It
> would
> > be
> > > > good to obtain feedback from this group as to the quality of this
unit
> > for
> > > > astrophotography work. I have seen positve references (March 03) to
> the
> > > > DiMAGE Scan Dual III in the archives but it would be good to see if
> > there
> > > > are any more recent experiences and/or opinions. Note also that I am
> > > > referring to the Scan Dual III not the Scan Dual II.
> > > >
> > > >  The basic specifications are:
> > > >
> > > >  Film types: negative and positive, colour and b&W
> > > > Dynamic Range: 4.8
> > > > 16 bit a/d conversion
> > > > Can distinguish 65536 tonal variations for each colour channel
> > > > USB 2.0
> > > > Optical input resolution: 2820dpi
> > > > Sensor type: 3-line colour CCD (2700 pixles/line)
> > > >
> > > >  Any thoughts on the usefullness of this for astrophotography would
be
> > > > appreciated. It is available in Australia for approximately $890AUD.
> > > >
> > > >  Many thanks,
> > > > Rodney Watters
> > > >
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